Underreporting of work-related injury or illness to workers' compensation: individual and industry factors

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• Personal Author:
  Bonauto DK ; Fan ZJ ; Foley MP ; Silverstein BA
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: We quantified the underreporting of work-related injury or illness to workers' compensation (WC). METHODS: Using data from 2612 wage-earning respondents who participated in the 2002 Washington State Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we assessed work-related injury or illness in the previous year and identified the factors associated with WC claim filing by logistic regression. RESULTS: The self-reported rate of work-related injury or illness of respondents was 13%. Among those who had a work-related injury or illness, 52% filed a WC claim. After adjustment for age, gender, and race, those who filed WC claims were more likely to be overweight and married. WC claim filing varies considerably across industry and occupation groups holding all other measured factors constant. CONCLUSIONS: Individual and industry/occupation factors are related to underreporting of work-related injury or illness to the WC system. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-prevention Accident-rates Accident-statistics Injuries Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Occupational-diseases Statistical-analysis Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries Worker-health Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20046631
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2006 Sep; 48(9):914-922
• Contact Point Address:
  Z. Joyce Fan, PhD, Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Olympia, WA 98504-4330, USA
• Email:
  fanj235@lni.wa.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20060630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f3b0d85eefec492054e4c30b10f769f52b44eb8ba00f8ef21904a422ebf4417e0bc5302ccff1cacb7909076629d0c9be3554717cf73e325cb6e19e94d5272c0b
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